One would have to possess a heart of stone not to be moved by the image of 5-year old Omran Daqneesh, sitting on a chair in a Lebanese medical facility covered in blood and dust lucky to be alive as the building he lived in Aleppo was struck either by the Syrian government or the Russians (courtesy of Iran).

But these problems pale in comparison to the ones that have plagued Europe, especially Germany courtesy of Herr Merkel. If we include the backlog of asylum seekers at various German diplomatic missions in the Middle East, Germany will soon become to 5 million Syrian refugees.

Of course, not all asylum seekers commit violence. But the majority of Syrian refugees are neither Syrian nor refugees. EU officials admitted as much earlier this year. Many simply want to improve their economic lot in life. That’s all well and good, but in the chaos prospective immigrants from like countries like Tunisia or Morocco are simply taking advantage of a system with no rhyme or reason and claiming refugee status to expedite their migration.

Under the circumstances, it’s hard to reconcile the Omran Daqneesh & the Aylan Kurdis of the world from what’s happening on the ground in Germany and throughout Europe. In an ideal world, I don’t think we would have a problem with taking in little Omran or Aylan. But we do not live in an ideal world. Ideally, refugees should be settled on a regional basis. While countries like Jordan have done their part, countries like Saudi Arabia haven’t. There’s no reason why the Saudis shouldn’t do their part. It’s very likely that Hillary Clinton would probably move heaven and earth to do her best Angela Merkel impression, being cautious and circumspect about Syrian refugees doesn’t justify Donald Trump’s wholesale exclusion of immigrants of Muslim origin.

The other thing to consider here is that Syria isn’t the only country in the world in the midst of a civil war. There has been one in the Central African Republic for nearly as long as in Syria. The death toll isn’t as high, but it could soon be with an outbreak of cholera to add to the violence. I’m sure there are five-year old boys in the Central African Republic who find themselves in clinics in Cameroon covered in blood and dirt and possibly infected with cholera. The only difference is we don’t see their pictures.